last love

After Zhuo Yuan drove home, he didn't enter the house immediately, but smoked a cigarette slowly by the driveway.

He stood in the snow, obviously feeling cold, but seeing the light coming from the Zhuo family villa, he felt very resistant.

He didn't find any other reason to procrastinate until the cigarette was exhausted bit by bit, and then he walked slowly towards the porch.

As soon as I arrived in the living room, I didn't see my father as expected, but I could only hear my mother crying on the sofa. Several old servants in the family stood aside cautiously, and they didn't dare to go over to persuade him.

Zhuo Yuan took a deep breath, walked over to hug his mother and coaxed him: "Mom, don't cry in a hurry, it may not be that serious. Where is my dad?"

"I'm upstairs in the study with your uncle." Zhuo's mother covered her face with a handkerchief, choked up and read: "I really don't understand why I got into trouble again, didn't the fall more than ten years ago not be bad enough? Huh... Why is my life so hard? Your father's business is always going wrong, and your business has not made money for so long, and it is all unreliable! If it weren't for uncle's help, what would our family do? Let me tell you—"

She stood up abruptly while she was talking, and pointed upstairs with red eyes: "This time, if there is another trouble like last time, I have to seek refuge in the countryside, and I will divorce your father!"

The string of pearls around her neck radiated lustrous light under the light. Although she was still dressed in a full-bodied appearance, her voice was raised to an unbelievable level, and the sharp voice seemed to pierce the eardrums.

Zhuo Yuan felt that his breathing was slightly stagnant for a moment, and a trace of boredom flashed in his eyes, but he immediately covered it up, and said in a soft voice: "Mom, don't say that, I'll go upstairs to see my dad first." Aunt Wang—go and make a cup of ginger tea for my mother.”

He skillfully directed the servant to divert Zhuo's mother's attention, and then took this opportunity to leave the living room quickly.

Only when he slowly went upstairs in the shadows alone did a gloomy look appear on his face.

Every time this kind of time comes, the family is always gloomy.

His mother is a full-time rich wife, so she is not able to bear the pressure.More than ten years ago, my father had a big business problem and took the whole family to that small northern city to seek refuge. At that time, my mother would suddenly lose control of her emotions every few days and cry hysterically at home until my father was forced to die. Way, roared at the mother.

The air in the house was always difficult to circulate like a quagmire. At that time, Zhuo Yuan, who was in high school, would listen to his parents roaring and arguing through the wall in the room, like a muffled thunder, he was like a mouse, hiding in the Hold your breath in bed.

Zhuo Yuan remembered that once, because he didn't dare to go out to go to the bathroom, he held back all afternoon, and finally peed in his pants, and had to go to the bathroom secretly to wash his pants in the middle of the night.

For teenagers, it was an unforgettable shameful memory, and every time I recalled it, it was like being severely whipped.

……

The study room was filled with the smell of cigarettes. After Zhuo Yuan knocked on the door and entered, he first greeted Zhuo Li who was sitting on the sofa: "Uncle." Then he turned and looked at his father Zhuo Ning: "Dad, I just arrived."

"You're here." Zhuo Li nodded to Zhuo Yuan, and said, "I'm discussing with your father what to do after leaving office."

"Really, do you really have to go to the step of resigning?" Zhuo Yuan couldn't help saying: "This is too..."

Zhuoning's Donglin Group has developed more than a dozen residential real estate projects in City B, with strong strength.

This is the property of the Zhuo family, and also Zhuo Yuan's confidence for so long, he always feels that things are not so bad that Zhuo Ning should resign.

"What do you know?" Zhuo Li turned his head to look at Zhuo Yuan, although his eyes were indifferent, but he revealed an unquestionable majesty: "When the land in Xihe District changed hands two years ago, I did a lot of mediation. If the investigation continues, even I will be implicated—this matter must be suppressed now, there is no need to discuss it."

Zhuo Yuan didn't talk back, but turned to look at his father, but Zhuo Ning just lowered his head and drank tea without speaking.

Zhuo Li ignored Zhuo Yuan, but continued to discuss with Zhuo Ning about resigning.

Although it is said to be a discussion, it is actually similar to the attitude of orders and instructions.

Zhuo Yuan was used to seeing his father's submissiveness in front of his uncle, although it was not surprising, but today he felt extra bored, he didn't speak, walked to the desk and opened the window a little to let the smell of cigarettes in the room go away scattered.

Although Zhuo Li was five years older than Zhuo Ning, his demeanor was younger, with only slight wrinkles at the corners of his eyes.

Because he is an official, he wears a gray cardigan sweater and only an old-fashioned Longine on his wrist. Compared with the exquisite Zhuoning, his outfit is very simple.

But even so, among the brothers, Zhuo Li was in an absolutely dominant position, whether it was pheromones or aura.

Over the years, Donglin’s real estate business in City B has been inseparable from Zhuo Li’s secret connection, but Zhuo Li’s side cannot do without Zhuo Ning, whether it is managing contacts, transferring and disposing of funds, and occasionally even needs to use some as a last resort. When the methods on the table cannot be used, it is very easy to deal with them with the shell of Donglin.

For the two brothers of the Zhuo family, it seems that Zhuo Ning is attached to Zhuo Li, but in fact Zhuo Li also draws blood from Zhuo Ning.Even the twists and turns that caused Zhuo Yuan's family to leave City B for refuge, to a certain extent, Zhuo's father was taking the blame for his eldest brother.

Therefore, from Zhuo Yuan's point of view, there is really no need for his father to be so condescending, but in any case, it is not his turn to talk about the elders' affairs.

"and also,"

Zhuo Li stood up and lit another cigarette, then suddenly looked at Zhuo Yuan, and said directly: "If the profit of your company is not good, why don't you do it? After all these years, you have been throwing money into it, so you can't do it. If you don’t see it back, just let it go. Your dad backs away, and you push it up.”

Zhuo Yuan's complexion turned a little pale, but he still forced a smile: "Uncle, I'm planning a new project recently, and the new app will be launched soon, so I can't throw it away at this time."

Zhuo Li glanced at Zhuo Yuan with an unhappy expression, but in the end he didn't force it, just handed over a folder with a stern face: "You can figure out what to do over there, but you have to free up your hands to look it up .”

"IM?"

Zhuo Yuan took the folder, opened it, looked at the first page briefly, and asked with some doubts: "Isn't IM engaged in commercial land? Donglin's development has always been residential, and the well water does not violate the river water. what is the relationship?"

"The thing about the land in Xihe, we worked together to fire him back then, and Yunfeng finally took over the land at a high price. Do you remember this?"

"Remember." Zhuo Yuan nodded: "Isn't Yunfeng going to fail because of the matter of this land later, the capital chain was broken?"

"I suspect that it's the people from Yunfeng who are behind the scenes."

Zhuo Li extinguished the cigarette in the ashtray with a sullen face, and then said: "About half a year ago, IM acquired Yunfeng. This group is a bit mysterious, and I suspect there is something wrong with it. ——You can check it, it is Cha Yunfeng, Zhuo Yuan, figure out the priorities, your father paid for your Yuan Teng capital injection, so you don’t usually talk about it. But let’s let it go now, what’s important here, understand? ?”

The second half of his sentence was very low, obviously he was not satisfied with Zhuo Yuan's attitude.

Zhuo Yuan fell silent.

"Go and check it out." Zhuo Ning first echoed the elder brother's words, glanced at his son's unsightly face, and added: "Okay, you go to accompany your mother. I have something to do with your uncle talk."

"Okay." Zhuo Yuan nodded.

After going downstairs, Zhuo's mother was still crying, but this time she was sitting in the restaurant with her back facing Zhuo Yuan.

Zhuo Yuan felt a splitting headache, he didn't follow Zhuo Ning's order to accompany his mother, but turned his head to the living room and told the servant that he had something to do at home, and then went out and drove away.

The snow in City B was falling heavily, and the lead-colored clouds pressed down heavily, as if they were about to press down on people's hearts.

The road back was covered with snow, but Zhuo Yuan's speed was very fast, and the tires rolled over the thick snow, making a creaking sound.

On the way, Zhuo Yuan received a call from Jiang Nanfei, urging him when he would be able to contribute money to his film.

At the beginning, Zhuo Yuan tried his best to restrain his irritability and deal with it. Later, Jiang Nanfei persisted in asking, and suddenly he felt an evil fire surge in his heart. He took the phone away from his ear, and then directly pointed at the phone. The receiver yelled: "I said no money, no money-don't bother me, fuck you."

After the sudden explosion, Zhuo Yuan suddenly felt a sense of collapse.

He turned the car into a small alley, then slammed the door and escaped from the car, standing in the empty alley panting heavily.

He didn't want to stay in the suffocating Zhuo family, nor did he want to go back to his own home to face Jiang Nanfei.

In high school, he thought he was experiencing the worst days of his life.

A troubled family with constant quarrels, in adolescence, but not strong enough, not attractive enough pheromones, and there are many, many teenage concerns.

Later, he took possession of his beloved Omega. Although it was not done in a glorious way, the fact of "getting" still satisfied him for a long time, and he even thought that he would usher in happiness from now on.

But after being with Wen Ke, he was still unhappy.

In his long married life, he would always recall those things that happened in high school. After being frightened, he would suddenly feel disgusted when he looked at Wen Ke who was sleeping soundly in the middle of the night.

So he cheated.

The sweet and unfamiliar pheromone of the high-level Omega excited him for a while, and he took it for granted that this is the relationship that is in line with Alpha's physiological pursuit, and it just happens to be able to stop being repeated by his mother—children, children, Divorce cannot be born.

Like throwing away an old dress or an old sofa, he chose to divorce Wen Ke without hesitation.

He has always wanted to make himself happy.

He grew up year by year, and even became old. He thought that he could finally control his life gradually, and he would no longer be the shameful boy who was incontinent because his parents quarreled and dared not go out.

But he is getting more and more unhappy, everyone is asking him for money, some want to rely on.

Except Wen Ke.

Wen Ke never asked for it.

Wen Ke just exists gently and calmly.

……

Zhuo Yuan stood in the heavy snow and looked at the sky——

The sky was a gray smoky gray, with no birds or stars.

At that moment, he suddenly remembered that when he was in high school, he forgot to bring his Chinese textbook. Han Jiangque didn't come that day, so Wen Ke in the front row took the initiative to sit next to him and read the textbook with him.

That was the first time he had the joy of secretly owning Wen Ke behind Han Jiangque's back.

The sweltering summer wind blew the boy's soft hair, Zhuo Yuan got closer, and only focused his attention on reading the textbook, and nine percent of his energy glanced at Wen Ke.

When he was young, he didn't seem to remember any facial features when he looked at the person he was attracted to. He only remembered that Wen Ke was so white.

On the fair skin, there are fine pores, and fine hairs that are golden in the sun.

The teacher suddenly asked Zhuo Yuan to get up and read the text. He stood up in a daze. It was Wen Ke who quietly pointed to the passage that he wanted to read——

It was Shen Congwen who taught that day.

So he stumbled and read: "The wind is very strong, my hands and feet are cold, but my heart is very warm. But I don't understand why, but my heart is always very soft. I want to be close to you, so that I won't fall sad."

I want to be close to you so that I won't feel sad——

When I recalled the strong feelings I had when I was a teenager, I suddenly felt a heart-piercing pain.

Zhuo Yuan held on to the car door, suddenly couldn't help but turned on his phone, and quickly searched for Wen Ke in the recent contacts on WeChat.

After flipping through it twice, I realized that Wen Ke had changed his profile picture to a sweet little giraffe with a silly smile.

Zhuo Yuan was a little confused. He never remembered that Wen Ke said that he liked giraffes, but he didn't have time to think about it. Instead, he opened the dialogue window and started typing:

Wen Ke, are you there?

He thought about it, deleted it, and typed it again:

Xiao Ke, I miss you so much.

In the cold winter, the longing typed out with trembling fingers made even myself feel so emotional.

At that moment, Zhuo Yuan thought impulsively, as long as Wen Ke was willing to come back, he would break up with Jiang Nanfei immediately. With such a mood, he clicked send.

The phone vibrated immediately, did Wen Ke reply so quickly?

Zhuo Yuan was a little confused, and looked down at the phone screen, only to see a red exclamation mark displayed in the dialogue window, followed by a sentence:

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